Mim Kowner (they/them, she/her) is an emerging Swiss Australian artist based on Whadjuk Noongar country in Western Australia, and recent Curtin University graduate.
Their multi-disciplinary practice explores ideas about identity and gender within the cultural, social and personal, as well as the complex entanglements between humans and the non-human world.
Kowner’s current work investigates links between feminism and sports ability to empower female athletes through paintings reflective of changing attitudes around women’s sport.
CV
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2024
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts Major (Dist.), Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
2017
Transitions – Drawing and Space, Berlin Summer University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
Workshop with Valérie Favre (Painting), Berlin Summer University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Hatched: National Graduate Show 2025, PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
2024
Art Degree Show, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
Pete Vile Drawing Prize, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
ONE FIVE ZERO, Rook ARI, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
30 x 30, Silent Auction, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
2023
A little While, Artsource Old Customs House, Walyalup/Fremantle WA
30 x 30, Silent Auction, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
COLLECTIONS
Curtin University Art Collection, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
Private Collections, Australia
PRIZES
2024
Pete Vile Drawing Prize (Winner), Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
EDUCATIONAL AWARDS
2024
Nominee, PICA Hatched National Graduate Show 2025, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
2017
Member of the Vice Chancellor’s List, Semester 2, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
Member of the Vice Chancellor’s List, Semester 1, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
2016
Member of the Vice Chancellor’s List, Semester 2, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
First Year Studio Award, Curtin University, Boorloo/Perth, Australia
Photo: Dan McCabe / artdoc.com.au